The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-07-23
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


Marietta, and L. F. Jerome, of New York.
GENERAL SIR REDvERs BUTLER, under
secretary for Ireland Is in London con
ferring with the government in reference
to the state Of Ireland.
The Sultan Of Turkey still persists in
his refusal to sign the convention with
England In reference to Egypt in its
present form, Notwithstanding he is urg
emily advised to ratlfy it by both Ger
many and Italy.
QUEEN VICTORIA attended a garden
party at Hatfield House, the residence Of
Lord Salisbury, in Hertfordshire, on the
18th. The town of Hatfield was en- .tete in
honor Of Her Majesty's presence, and the
houses and streets were gaily decorated
ORDER is being maintained at Honolulu.
A new constitution is being formulated
and will be presented to the King for
his signature when approved by the Su
preme Court judges and foreign repre-
sentatives.
TIE Pope is suffering from stomach
troubles, and owing to the bad condition
Of Ills teeth, is able to eat but little. He
constantly Graves iced drinks, of which
he consumes great quantities, and per
forms great amount of work each day
in spite Of his ailments.
QUEEN VICToRIA's expenses in connec
ton with the jubilee celebration are
said to be in the neigh borhood of 5000.
900, and the thrifty old lady is said to
be appalled, at the enormous cost of the
affair
The Iowa Prohibitio nists met on the
14th and nominated full State tic ket
THE Crown Prince of Germany is said
to have recovered the full use of his
voice.
IT is said Secretary Fairchild is prepar
ing tariff bill to be submitted to Con
gress.
WASHINGTON CITY is preparing great
reception for Boss Shepherd on his ar
rival there.
Mr. GEORGE E. TREvELYN has issued ar
election address to ts3 Bridgeton voters,
strongly indorsing the Gladstonian Irish
policy.
Hon. e. P. BALDWIN, Of Missouri, dep
uty First Auditor of the Treasury al
Washington, it is intimated, is to re ceive q
decoration from Japan for services rem
dered to Japanese commission.
JUDGE THURMAN writes his son from
Boston to prevent his name from being
presented to the Ohio State Democratic
convention as a candidate for Governor,
as he would have to decline if nominated
TIE Irish Crimes Amendment bill was
put through the second reading stage in
the House of Lords on the 18th. The Gov
ernments Land bill was debated in the
Commons u
JARVIS ADAMS, Of Cleveland, O., has re-
signed the presidency of the New York
Pennsylvania q Ohio Railroad Company
He will be succeeded by Charles E
Whitehead, of New York
1T is announced that "Billyr West, the
fem0us negro minstrel, has married al
heiress-Miss Rumelia j. Morris, daughter
of the late E. ]. Morris, late United
States Minister in Turkey.
FREDERICK KRUPP, the well-knowr
metalfounder and gigantic steel CUR
manufacturer, died on the 14th in his
villa near Essen, Rhenish Prussia Herr
Krupp was born at Essen in 1912.
ROBERT E. CowAN, supreme keeper o.
records and seal of the Knights Of
Pythias, died at his residence in ST. Louis
on the 18th, after an illness of sixteer
days duration. He entered the service o.
the Confederate States as judge-advocate
on General Stonewall Jackson's staff and
served in that capacity for some time
He was elected Colonel of the Twenty
fifth Virginia Infantry and held this ranl
until the close Of the war.
A VICTORY for the Ameer's forces is re
ported as the result of battle with rebels
in Afghanistan.
CONGRESSMAN CANaBELL is out as a can
didate for the Democratic nomination fol
Governor Of OHIO.
COUNT LEWIS Won BLESSING, veteran
soldier and mysterious character, died OF
the 18th at Toledo, o.
TURKEY has finally refused to sign the
Anglo-Egyptian treaty, and Sir Henry
Drummond Wolff, the British special Am
bassador, departed from Constantinoplt
on the 18th.
NONRESIDENT A b, HILL, Of :the New
York Stock Exchange, died on the floor o
the Exchange on the 18th, just after an
nounclng the death of member.
PRINCE FERDINAND was formally mott
fed on the 18TH of his election as Primo
of Bulgaria In his speech he was eva
sive about stating whether he would &C
cept or not.
GENERAL BOULANGER has written I
friends in Paris thanking rthe people TO
their friendship for imself and their OIL
derly conduct during the celebration o
the anniversary of the fall of the Bastile
TIE Earl and Countess of Aberdeen
who arrived in New York on the night o.
the 14th, sailed on the 10Th for England
The Earl is loud in his praise of the raj
road system of this country.
COMMODORE BATEMAN's steam zach
Meteor with W. T. Sherman and party
arrived at Halifax, n. s., on the 18th, e.
route for Prince Edwards Island.
Jay COOKE, a banker and broker o
Washington, son Of ex Governor Il. D
Cooke and nephew Of Jay Cooke, the ia
nous banker of Philadelphia, died at tn
residence Of his mother in Georgetown
ID. c., on the 18TH Of Brights disease.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
AN Alsatian, named Alexander Gass
ner, committed suicide at New York Of
the 18th.
OK the 18th the jury in the case o
Henry Cham berlain, at New Haven
Conn, charged with murder Of Margsre
Ernest, May 10, brought in a verdict o
nurder in the second degree the penalt